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I personally first tried 4-day workweek about 10 years ago and still love it

I personally first tried 4-day workweek about 10 years ago and still love it. That was one of the best decisions I made in my life. Especially in software industry, it's not that hard to arrange I believe. Even easier if we do it collectively. And when more and more people do it and it becomes a norm, the income will just readjust and return to the current levels. But even today, when it's still not a norm, and I have a reduced income compared to my fulltime working peers, I still consider it a bargain. Extra free day is totally worth it. I am basically paying for some extra happiness.

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quaintdevHN

This is something that will never happen in India because no matter how bad you want 4 day work week theres always someone who will do full 5 days a week and do additional work over the weekend.

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me_me_meHN

> the income will just readjust and return to the current levels. hahaha, good to see some hopeful people around. But the MBA people will never let this happen. They already reduce your salary based on location of your home (when remote), as if it matters if you do your work in office or whenever.

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ArrathHN

Yeah some of the best times of my life have been on 4-day work weeks. Added bonus, they were 10 hours days so we not only got our 40 hours a week but a chunk of that was OT!

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wes-kHN

3 day work weeks are best. Most well paid developers would gladly take a 20% reduction in income for 50% more weekend right? So 4 days it is! Well why stop there? I’ll take another 25% reduction for 33% more weekend. So 3 days it is! But only the rich or a fool would then take an additional 33% reduction for a measly 25% bump to your weekend. 3 day work weeks are best. QED

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